WRABIT – West Side Kid [Japan HR/HM 1000 Vol.4 series] (2022) *0dayrox Exclusive*
Universal Music Japan has started this year another campaign of their ‘HR/HM 1000‘ series, that meaning the reissue of long time out of print albums from their Hard Rock / Heavy Metal catalog at the price of 1000 Yen = about 9 USD.
As part of the 2022 HR-HM 1000 Vol.4 series, as requested, we have here Canadian melodic rockers WRABIT final album “West Side Kid“, quite hard to find on any format for years. Originally released 1983, you know the style & sound here, pretty much in the same vein of previous LP ‘Tracks’: this is catchy, commercial, radio-ready melodic rock / lite AOR.
In fact, the overall sound is more AOR, smooth on tracks like ‘Waiting’, ‘Sing Boy’, ‘Young Girl’, ‘Hold On To Me’ and ‘West Side Kid’ being our favorites but all are very good first half of the ’80s tunes.
The HR-HM 1000 Vol.4 series pressing uses exactly the same mastering from the original Japanese edition, and the sound quality is excellent.
Highly Recommended
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UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN 【UICY~79842】
H R / H M 1000 SERIES
01 – Waiting
02 – Hold On to Me
03 – Say Lady Say
04 – Piece of the Action
05 – Sing Boy
06 – Young Girl
07 – Cry Cry
08 – Lin
09 – Best of Love
10 – West Side Kid
Lou Nadeau – lead vocals
John Albini – guitar, vocals
Chris Brockway – bass, vocals
Gary McCracken – drums
Lou Pomanti – keyboards, vocals
Gary Craig – add. bass
John Rutledge – backing vocals
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www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICY-79842